1) Do you let how your sims act in game affect what happens in the story?

Yes, I do.
Actually a lot of my story is based on in-game behaviour, especially for
relations between characters.

2)
What is the worst incident you've had happening in your current RLC?

I had a weird
glitch with Persis (1st generation spouse) when she aged up to elder. She was
fishing and didn't stop for her birthday, so when she stopped fishing the next
sim day, she just disappeared and got replaced with a grey-haired adult aged
vanilla. I didn't have a copy of her saved to the bin and really didn't want to
have to re-make her in CAS, so I had to place a copy of her and Marko (1st
generation founder) into town, save her to the bin, then replace grey-haired
adult vanilla in CAS. I was afraid that replacing her that way might cause
weird glitches or loss of relationships or skills in game, but it turned out
fine.

A close second
was Krista (2nd generation spouse) catching on fire while inventing.

3)
Best incident whilst playing RLC?

Best as in
"entertaining" was Tulip and Xara (2nd generation spares) going to
the beach in generation 1 with Marko in the middle of the night only to get
abandoned by him and faced with a zombie. Karma dictated that Marko
autonomously be abducted by aliens as soon as he returned home without
them.

4)
Favourite sim to play?

In my current
RLC, playing Tulip was actually quite fun. I didn't show it, but she was quite
active in the household when living there before the start of generation 2! She
did chores, homework, reading, using the chemistry set, hanging out with Xara,
talking to Persis and Paolo, working out, and playing chess with Marko.

5)
Staging pictures or writing the story- which do you like better?

Hmmm.... probably
staging pictures, because it's a lot easier for me to edit (just change up
camera angles, move some sims around, and take the picture again at the
worst).

6)
Are you planning on yelling "get off my lawn" to kids when you get
old?

Nope.

7)
Fringes/bangs in haircuts (for yourself)- yes or no?

Nope! They don't
suit my face very well.

8)
What's your favourite piece of clothing?

Shoes! My shoes
are what can make or break a comfortable journey and what can complete my
outfits.

9)
Addicted to popping bubblewrap?

Actually, no,
since I don't come across bubble wrap too often.

10)
Coolest insect?

Praying mantis!
Although they actually scare me a little given how strong they are for their
size (and how predatory they are!)

11)
Current haircolour?

Dark brown.

Nocriel's
Questions:

1.
Who's your favorite sim?

Of
my current blog, Tulip.

2. Do you stage a lot? How do you do it?

For
some upcoming chapters I am... but normally I do not stage. When I do, I
normally go into an alternate save and add the sims I want to my household and
use pose player. For more mundane staging, I invite sims out and direct
interactions.

3. Is there a roll you'd really hate to play?

Yes.
I really don't like Mixologist and if I'm playing a single female sim, I really
dislike the showtime careers because maternity leave and its restrictions makes
advancing very difficult.

Also
party to remember if I'm in my first generation because of all the stuff you
have to buy to make a really good party.

Oh
and deadbeat parents, always. Perfect Children can be a bit of a pain, but I
absolutely hate it when I roll more than 3 kids.

4. How about a roll you'd love to play?

I
really like playing gardeners, collectors, fishers, and alchemists. But in
combinations with other rolls, most of the careers are fun for me to play. For
the other categories, if I roll a lot of kids I really like half-siblings and
second chance.

5. What is your favorite Sims EP and why is it Pets?

Hahaha,
while I do like the Pets expansion, my favourite EP is actually Supernatural. I
used to consider late night or island paradise my favourite, but that was
before I had installed supernatural. I like the extra life states it added, the
alchemy station, and Moonlight Falls as a whole (though the townies definitely
need editing).

6. What parts of yourself as a person in real life do you recognize in your
sims (personality, experiences, appearance or whatever) or your story in
general? Don't say nothing, I'm convinced there's always a little bit of
yourself in your sims! :P

For
my current heir's spouse, Krista, the absent-mindedness reminds me a little bit
of myself, as well as the social awkwardness (at times). The way Paolo
interacts with his sisters, particularly during his childhood, also reminds me
of me and my siblings.

7. What lifespan do you play your RLC on/how many sim days?

I
play on a normal life span of 100 days.

8. Would you play Sims 3 without any CC or mods?

I
did for a very long time, but now the answer is no. Without CC I could handle,
but vanilla sims 3... oh dear. You can't play more than a few generations in
one town before the townies all get replaced by vanillas (or turn into various
supernatural states)/deleted by the game and no one ever does anything... no
new relationships, kids, career advancement... it's all so very stagnant.

9. What other games do you play? Do you know Heroes of the Storm (I do not
get paid by Blizzard, I'm just curious...)?

I
do not know of that game. I normally play pokemon when not playing sims 3, but
I used to play a lot of Mass Effect 2 and Zoo Tycoon 2.

10. What's a hobby of yours other than gaming/writing?

Drawing!

11. Is eleven questions too many?

Hmmm
no, it is a bit of a strange number, but do-able.

Owly's questions: 1. Who's a historical figure you think is neat? Why? Hmm, tough one. I think I'll go with Bismarck; he lead Prussia successfully through war and brought about the unification of Germany. 2. I've invited myself over for dinner. What are you making for me? My cooking skills are limited, so I hope you like omlettes haha. 3. If you were a sim, which neighborhood would you like to live in? Lucky Palms. I love tropical places and the routing-err, travelling- would be less problematic than in, say, Isla Paradiso. 4. Who is your favorite pre-made sim? Your least favorite? Favorite; This is a tough one, but for some reason I really like Argus Brown from Moonlight Falls. But only with his beard. Least favorite; Oh jeez, hmm... IMOGEN PELLY. I'll never forget the one time she was mean to Marko! 5. If you could program a robot to do one task for you so you'd never have to do it again, what would it be? To cook for me. 6. Okay so now irony kicks in: what do you miss out on by programming the robot to do that task? Learning how to cook; also since it could presumably only cook what I can cook, my diet would not be terribly varied, and I would be dependent on this robot forever since I'd never improve my cooking skills. 7. What would you like to improve about your writing, and what do you think you already do well? I would like to improve dialogue and characterization. I feel like I make everything too obvious through descriptions and stating what the characters feel and how they think instead of showing it. I think, however, that I do silly humor pretty well when writing. 8. What object from TS3 would you like to have in real life? Food replicator, hands down. 9. What's your vice? You can tell me. I'm cool. Probably relaxing. I'm a bit lazy. 10. Where's your favorite place to be? Depends on my mood. If you mean normally and day-to-day, then in my room. However when I want to go out, my favorite place is a big dance floor. Not necessarily in a club, but I love dancing. 11. Are we--as humans--enacting order in a chaotic universe, or are we enacting chaos in an ordered universe? It all depends on perception and definition. To what extent could we say that anything is ordered? What does it mean for something to be "ordered"? If you mean "something with clear cause and effect", then I would say that everything is ordered, because there is a clear cause and effect for nearly everything, we just don't know all of those causes and effects. But to more directly answer your question, I believe humanity as a whole tries to enact what it sees as order to a "chaotic" (i.e. something that does not follow certain rules and expectations) environment. Efelkay's questions: 1. I hear most people use mods and CC in their games- which ones do you consider to be the absolute necessities and why? Master controller, overwatch, and story progression. Maybe error trap as well. I played vanilla sims 3 for a very long time and every 3-4 generations (or earlier in some cases) the save would suffer some catastrophic glitch that would force me to move my family to a new save. Overwatch and error trap keeps that in check. As for master controller, it makes gameplay (especially for an RLC) much easier (I can check traits, family trees, edit lots, etc. without having to use cheats or switch households). For story progression, I need it so that the town doesn't become stagnant and die/ overrun with supernatural sims. I can play without CC, but not without these mods. 2. How long have you bee playing the sims for? On and off for 5 years. 3. Out of all of your sims, who do you find to be the hardest to write and why? Oof, well, I can write most of my characters with general ease, but interactions between Persis and Marko are always more difficult to write because they're so different but in a stable relationship. If I had to choose one sim though, Persis is actually probably the hardest for me to write because even though I am probably closer to being a "Persis" than a "Marko", I find it difficult to write her without making her sound completely boring and flat. 4. And who is the easiest? At the moment, probably Krista. Her story line and character has come to me pretty easily, evidenced by how quickly I made up a back story for her when she was still a vanilla. 5. Moving away from the topic of sims temporarily, do you read often? What's your favorite book? I used to but not so much anymore. That said, my favorite book of all time is "Story teller" by Jodi Picoult, which is about a holocaust survivor and her story. It's very gripping and she does a great job of presenting the horror of the experience without making it feel sensationalized, out of nowhere, or "cheap" while also presenting the characters as realistic people you can relate to. The progression of events and escalation is very clear and well presented, making you feel the growing unease of the characters as the story line progresses.

My favorite book that I have read recently is "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami. I can't say much about it without spoiling it, but it's a coming of age story about the experiences of a university student (Toru Watanabe) in Japan during the 60s. While I love Murakami's other novels, which are surrealist fiction that border on sci-fi and fantasy at times, "Norwegian Wood" is much more grounded in reality which makes the story very compelling and gripping.

6. What kid of music do you listen to whilst writing for your legacy, if any?

I don't normally listen to music when writing but when I do it's normally just songs that I like (which consists of a lot of pop).

7. On average, how long does it take for you to write an update?

Not including the breaks I take, normally about an hour and a half of writing. Including my resting periods/when I'm busy, it can be anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks. So the average is probably a couple of days.

8. Are you a cat person, a dog person, or neither?

Probably more of a dog person, but I like cats too.

9. If you could add one thing to the Sims that isn't already in an expansion, what would it be?

A stable game engine? An urban town like Bridgeport without the routing problems. I know there probably is CC towns out there like that, but it would be cool if there was an official free one.

10. And if you could remove one thing, what would it be?

The scolding/grounding system from generations. Even with mods in my sims still scold and punish their kids autonomously! Drives me crazy.

11. Why do you think it's eleven questions and not ten?

10 questions is normal, but 11...now that's a bit more mysterious...

Actually, if I remember correctly, one of the rules used to be that you had to nominate 11 blogs (I could be wrong and just making this up, if anyone can confirm that would be great) so 11 questions would make sense. If that was never a rule, then I honestly have no idea.

MommyIce's questions:
1. What would your generational goal/miscellaneous fun roll be if you were a sim? Try to pick your best fit! ;)

Definitely Tulip. She always did a lot in the house even though in-game she didn't have friends other than her siblings to socialise with.

4. Least favorite sim to play?

Krista. Not because I dislike her, but because the inventing bench at the lower levels of the skill is suuuuper boring, and because she doesn't have the eccentric or handy traits, I have to make her grind for those skill points which means when I have her work, she has to work the entire day to make anything.

5. Worst (or best) RLC roll?

The worst I ever got in my ENTIRE RLC experience was the first RLC I ever did on its first generation...

Single, vocalist, 5 children, 5 star celebrity, half-siblings. And I was dumb enough to try to play this in the vanilla sims 3 in vanilla starlight shores. Blech.

Best roll I ever got in my entire RLC experience;

Couple, freelance scientist, ghost hunter, 2 kids, property mogul, half-siblings. I loved the "mad scientist" vibe I had the whole generation, the heir was one of my favorite sims ever at the time (the heir for the following generation, her first son, was my favorite of all time), and for once the ghost hunter career didn't glitch out on me.

6. Where would you love to go on vacation if money and time weren't an issue?

Japan (during the summer). Not sure which part, but if time didn't matter why not do a grand tour for a few weeks or so?

7. You have 5 minutes to escape your burning house, what is the first thing you decide to grab?

My bag. Most of my important stuff is in there, so it'd be the most logical option. If you mean by reflex, then probably my phone.

8. What are you currently reading right now?

As in books? "Allegiant", the 3rd book of the Divergent series. I read the first two books a few years ago and even though the movie was awful and I heard that the book wasn't great either, I feel like I should at least finish the series.

9. Windows or Mac? Laptop or desktop? PC or console (then which one?)

These are a loooot of questions! Haha but Windows, laptop (specifically for gaming though, desktop), and PC. For the console games that I do like playing, I'd have to choose the Wii.

10. Coffee, tea, or none of the above?

Tea!

11. What's one thing you want to let your readers know?

Even writing a blog as "casual" as this one has helped me with my writing, so if you're hesitating to make a blog (for sims 3 challenges or otherwise) but you want to, I'd say go ahead and do it. It's good practice, and seeing other people react to what you write is great feedback (and feels nice too!)

And
now for my questions!

1.
What got you into playing Random Legacies/ other sim challenges?

2.
If you could add one extra feature to sims 3 (that would be guaranteed to work
the way you want it to), what would you add and why?

3.
What is your LEAST favourite EP?

4.
If you were a sim, what would be your 3 highest-leveled skills?

5.
What is your "nightmare roll" for the RLC? The worst combination of
rolls you can imagine, essentially.

6 comments:

Oops, you reminded me that I completely forgot to put the rules on my liebster post. Fixed :-)That Persis glitch is really weird, and also a really complicated way to get around it. I like the fav. rolls you listed, I love to play collector-type sims too! Something very satisfying about completing your collection haha

It is *really* annoying. I installed a mod that's supposed to get rid of it, but it doesn't work in my game for some reason. That said, I enjoy most of the pack, so the scolding and annoying romantic reputation system are necessary evils for me.